I tried all 15 Spam varieties, from hot and spicy to Spam with cheese. Here are the best and worst flavors of the iconic canned meat.

Spam was first made in 1937 by Hormel. Eleven permanent varieties of the pork-based food have been created since its existence, but maple is notably different from the others due to its sweeter taste.

He told her how much he loved SPAM, and she came back with a case of about a dozen different flavors. Since he was on tour, Libed said he lugged the SPAM around with him for 2.5 weeks.

Spam, which is sold in 50 countries, is made out of six ingredients: pork, salt, water, potato starch, sugar and sodium nitrite — plus seasonings for the stepped-up varieties.

That stoic can of Spam in your cupboard is surrounded by myths from its origin to its shelf life. We've looked into it and ...